The process of applying for passports was not cumbersome, and it only took a week for the two sisters to get their own passports.

However, this does not mean that the two sisters will immediately set off with Lin Zhicheng and go to the Nalan Islands.

After all, they are all college students who are still in school, and it is already the time for the fall semester, although the attendance inspection of art departments is not so strict, but the two of them still don't want to miss classes casually because of personal matters such as 'wanting to travel'.

In addition, the Naran Islands belong to the United States, but they are relatively independent local governments, and the visa process is complicated and takes some time, which is also one of the reasons why the two sisters cannot travel temporarily.

"It seems that we need to have a meeting after I go back to discuss the opening of visa exemption. After a trip down, Lin Zhicheng, who was accompanying the two sisters, unconsciously came up with such an idea.

When he went to the Nalan Islands in order to take over as the owner of the island, Lin Zhicheng didn't spend much time on his passport and visa - as early as a few years ago, the year he graduated from college, he had already obtained his passport in advance because he traveled abroad with his classmates, and as for the visa, because it was an invitation from the Nalan Islands, it was a special event, and naturally it would not delay time.

In other words, it wasn't until this time that he helped with the passports and visas of his two cousins that he really felt how troublesome it was for the people of the Celestial Empire to go to the Nalan Islands.

That's not going to work.

It's not just because Lin Zhicheng also thinks that he is a Celestial Empire and doesn't want to be different from his compatriots. From the perspective of the principal of the Naran Islands, improving the visa issuance process is also an issue that cannot be ignored.

As we all know, with the progress of the times, the consumption power of the people of the Celestial Empire has been improving, and in recent years, more and more people of the Celestial Empire have become interested in traveling abroad, and when they travel abroad, they tend to consume a large amount of money in the tourist destination, which greatly drives the local economic development.

Want to attract more tourists from the Celestial Empire, let them travel to the Naran Islands, and then drive the development of tourism in the Naran Islands through their consumption?

The construction of new facilities and the development of the local tourism resources of the Naran Islands are all necessary to do. But until then, the first thing that needs to change is the process of applying for a visa.

Take Lin Zhicheng himself as an example, if he has to travel abroad, he will definitely choose a destination that is convenient for travel, instead of staring at a country or region where entry procedures are difficult to handle, and spending a lot of energy to run the entire visa process.

It is not difficult to conclude that if the visa process in the Naran Islands is still as cumbersome as it is now, then the number of tourists in the Celestial Empire will always be at a very embarrassing level, and it will not increase for a long time.

Of course, it is not enough to modify the visa process, if you want to attract more Celestial Empire tourists, you also need to do a good job of publicity.

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On Nalan Island, in a conference room in the government building, Lin Zhicheng sat at the head, and the finance bureau chief Carter, the civil affairs director Lawrence, the police chief Alexander, and several other department chiefs sat around the table. At this moment, everyone is in a meeting to discuss the topics raised by Lin Zhicheng.

"That's all I think, guys, what do you think? Tell me your opinions, who will come first?" Although he still feels a little rusty, Lin Zhicheng has gradually adapted to his identity as the owner of the island. For example, now, taking the initiative to lead the topic to initiate a discussion is an obvious change and proof.

"I'll start with that. "The first to speak was a man named Ralph, who was in charge of foreign affairs.

Although it is a relatively independent self-government, it is ultimately a part of the American Federation, and just as it is rare for a province in the Celestial Empire to come out alone to conduct diplomacy with other countries, there are not many foreign affairs that the Nalan Islands need to face alone.

There isn't much foreign affairs at the official level, and most of it is just a small matter related to tourists on the island. In other words, despite his reputation as the head of foreign affairs, most of the things that Ralph usually deals with are related to the island's tourism.

It's no wonder he's the first to speak.

"Before the withdrawal of US troops on the island, there was a large area on the island that was not suitable for opening up to the outside world due to the secret protection requirements of the military base, and the development of tourism was fundamentally restricted to a certain extent. In addition, because of the consumption brought by the US military stationed on the island, the economic pressure on the island is very small, and there is no need to vigorously develop tourism to increase income. ”

"In the previous case, whether or not our foreign policy changed would not have had much of an impact. After a conclusion about the previous situation, and after a pause of two or three seconds to sort out his thoughts, Ralph continued: "Well, in fact, we know very well that we are not attached to the US military stationed on the island, but from the standpoint of the outside world, it is not like that." ”

"All in all, after the withdrawal of the U.S. troops on the island, the influence they brought with them is about to disappear, and the situation we need to face will fundamentally change. Based on this premise, I personally believe that the island's foreign policy does need to change to a certain extent as the situation changes. ”

"The owner's proposal to open visa-free access to visitors to the Celestial Empire is, in my opinion, a good proposal. However, given the actual situation on the island, I think this proposal should be slightly revised. My opinion is that if you are directly exempted from visas, it seems a bit too radical, so why don't you change it to a visa on arrival?"

The so-called visa waiver means that no visa is required to travel from one country to another. In general, it is possible to stay anywhere from seven days to six months.

This policy is usually bilateral, i.e., citizens of country A do not need a visa to travel to country B, and conversely, citizens of country B do not need a visa to travel to country A.

By far the most well-known examples are those within the EU member states – anyone with an EU passport can travel freely to and from EU countries without a visa.

A visa on arrival means that you don't need a visa to travel from one country to another, but you need to apply for an entry permit when entering the airport or otherwise entering the country.

Generally speaking, the landing visa is unilateral.

Most of the countries and regions that open the visa on arrival policy are rich in tourism resources or have a large demand for investment promotion. And the targets of their set of policies are often advanced countries with relatively developed economic strength.

Compared with the Nalan Islands and the Great Celestial Empire, there is a huge gap in strength in all aspects, in any case, the Nalan Islands are impossible to sit on an equal footing with the Great Celestial Empire, so, from a realistic point of view, it is obviously more appropriate to unilaterally implement the landing visa policy.

"What is that?" said to Niu Playing the piano, which is the situation at this time. From childhood to adulthood, Lin Zhicheng has only been abroad twice, once to go through the normal process, and then travel abroad with his parents after getting a visa, and the second time is to come to the Nalan Islands.

No matter what the experience is, it has nothing to do with the landing sign. Therefore, within the scope of Lin Zhicheng's existing common sense, he didn't know that there was such a policy as landing visa.

“……。 "I don't know anything other than normal visas and visa-free? No wonder you said you want to be visa-free as soon as you came up, I dare you haven't even heard of the policy of visa-on-arrival." Because of Lin Zhicheng's little white reaction, Ralph's face was speechless, but considering that Lin Zhicheng was still his top boss, he could only endure the desire to complain in his heart, and just unconsciously twitched the corners of his mouth a few times.

"Boss, the landing visa refers to ....... With patience, he explained to Lin Zhicheng what a landing visa is, and when he understood the difference, Ralph proposed again: "We are not qualified to sign a bilateral visa-free agreement with the Celestial Empire now." Boss, let's choose the landing visa, that one is more suitable. ”

Ralph's opinion is very clear, either he will not change it, or if he wants to change it, he can only open the landing visa.

"What about your opinion? will it remain as it is, or will it be open to the landing visa?" Although Ralph's opinion is closest to his original intention, as a superior, he also needs to take into account the thoughts of others. Turning his head, Lin Zhicheng cast an inquiring gaze at the others again.

"I agree. Carter was the first to agree. Firmly standing on the side of the new owner of the island and striving to become the closest confidant under Lin Zhicheng is only one of the reasons, and more importantly, it is because he is the director of the Finance Bureau, and he values the economic income brought by the tourists of the Celestial Empire after the opening of the visa on arrival policy more than others.

"I would like to add one more point. Well, the topic of discussion is closely related to tourism, but it was only at this point that James, who is in charge of tourism-related affairs, expressed his opinion for the first time: "In principle, I also agree with the policy of opening up visas on arrival, but as the director of tourism affairs, I think there should be more restrictions, such as requiring tourists to pay a deposit in advance when applying for visas on arrival." After all, we all know that tourists bring not only economic income, but also occasionally some uncivilized behavior, which will cause damage to our tourism resources. If there are rules for deposits, then tourists may behave more civilly in order to keep their money. ”

James didn't mention anything related to the Celestial Empire, but after listening to his words, Lin Zhicheng still blushed unconsciously - although he didn't want to admit it, however, when we Celestial Empire tourists go out to travel, there are indeed some uncivilized behaviors, and the most typical example is undoubtedly the handwriting of 'visit here' left on places of interest around the world.